In community first responder (CFR) systems, traditional emergency service response is
augmented by a network of trained volunteers who are dispatched via an app. A central …

In emergency response volunteer programs, volunteers in the vicinity of an emergency are
alerted via their mobile phones to the scene of the event to perform a specific task. Tasks are …

Abstract Nonprofit Organizations (NPOs) rely on volunteers to support community needs but
struggle with making strategic volunteer-to-task assignments to enable volunteer …

Minimizing response time is the key to live-saving missions of emergency medical services
(EMS). As an alternative to professional paramedics, citizen responders (CRs), medically …

Motivated by applications in emergency response and experimental design, we consider
smooth stochastic optimization problems over probability measures supported on compact …

This tutorial discusses principles and strategies for the interplay between applied work with
organizations and an academic research agenda. I emphasize lessons I have learned …

Abstract In Community First Responder (CFR) systems, trained volunteers (CFRs) located
near patients augment traditional emergency services by responding to alerts via a mobile …

Volunteers play an essential role in humanitarian and non-profit organizations that strive to
improve society. 30% of the population in the United States volunteered in 2019, and this …

In several countries, emergency medical services receive assistance from community first
responders. In such a case, the dispatch center not only notifies an ambulance, but also one …